1952/01/01 -- Cover photographs of Bathing Suit Model by Michael A. Vaccaro and Harlem Globetrotter Rookie Brown by Frank Bauman

Contents as taken from this issue's index are as follows:
THE WORLD:

  • Red Blueprint for Terror by John W. Riley, Jr. and Wilbur Schramm
  • Venture Into Forbidden Nepal by Dr. Charles S. Houston

  • LOOK Reports

    • TRAVEL:

  • Travel and Vacation with LOOK
  • Pacific Coast, The Eighth Wonder

  • Top 12 With Tourists
  • 1952 LOOK Calendar for American Vacations

  • By Plane, Train, Bus, Car
  • Everything Under the Sun...Florida
  • Pleasure Hunting in the West Indies

  • New York, New York...It's a Wonderful Town by John Lardner

    • SPORTS:

  • The Harlem Globetrotters by Tim Cohane with photos of Marques Haynes, Pop Gates, Goose Tatum, Babe Pressley, and Rookie Brown

    • ART AND HOME LIVING:

  • Journey to Taliesin West
  • ...And Europe by Saul Steinberg

    • FASHIONS AND BEAUTY:

  • Wherever You Go You Need a Bathing Suit
  • Canada...For Skiing
  • Greer's Same Dress - 12 Ways - For Travel
  • Look-Before-You-Leave Travel Guide

    • FOOD:

  • Kitchen in a Car

    • OTHER DEPARTMENTS:

  • Letters and Pictures To the Editors
  • Photoquiz
  • LOOK Applauds
  • Photocrime